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Pequot Lakes has 12 players contribute in victory over Panthers

Four players scored in double figures and 12 players scored in the game in leading Pequot Lakes to a 79-29 Mid-State Conference boys basketball victory over Park Rapids Thursday night at the Area High School gym.

Pequot Lakes jumped out to a 14-2 lead and would lead by double digits the rest of the game.

A layup by Paul Dirks, jumpers by Dirks and Max Brown, and a 3-pointer by Dirks accounted for Park Rapids' scoring in the early going as Pequot Lakes led 22-9 with 6:17 to play in the first half.

A layup by Brown, two free throws by Kyle Goplerud and a 3-pointer by Taylor Kimball accounted for the Panthers' scoring the rest of the half as Pequot Lakes carried a 34-16 advantage into the break.

The Patriots padded their lead in the second half by outscoring Park Rapids 36-13.

Two jumpers by Brown and a pair of baskets by Mitch Long kept the Panthers within 48-28 with 8:08 to play.

Park Rapids didn't score again until Chris Goplerud hit a free throw with 2:39 remaining. By then the Patriots had built a 66-28 advantage.